Robert D. Boroff

Rob is a partner in the Cleveland office of Gallagher Sharp where he focuses his practice on commercial transportation and construction litigation. Rob defends national and international motor carriers, freight brokers, rail intermodal terminal services companies, and logistics providers involved in catastrophic commercial transportation accidents and cargo loss claims. Rob is national counsel for one of the largest trucking companies in the nation and is part of Gallagher Sharp’s Rapid Response Team that is tasked with immediately responding to accident scenes for the purpose of investigating and evaluating catastrophic losses for his clients. Rob devotes a significant portion of his practice to defending manufacturers, general contractors and subcontractors in claims involving construction defect, breach of contract, commercial disputes, and personal injury. Prior to returning to his hometown and joining Gallagher Sharp in 2014, Rob practiced law in the commercial transportation and construction fields for eight years in Chicago, Illinois.

Co-author, “The Emperor’s New Clothes - How to Respond to the Reptile Theory and Other New Avenues of Attack from the Plaintiff - Alternative Liability Theories – Broker Liability and its Derivatives, State Anti-Indemnity Motor Transportation Statutes, Driver Classification, The Logo Liability Doctrine a/k/a Placard Liability or The Doctrine of Statutory Employment, Recent Developments in Federal Preemption of State and Local Efforts to Regulate the Trucking Industry, and Payment Priority – Who Gets Paid, the Motor Carrier or the Factoring Company?,” DRI Trucking Law Seminar Course Materials, Las Vegas, NV, June 2014

Co-author, “The Burden of Showing that Accident/Incident Reports are Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege and/or Work-Product Doctrine is Not Getting Easier,” USLAW Digiknow, March 18, 2014

Co-author, “State of Illinois Transportation Compendium of Law,” March 2014

Co-author, “USLAW Transportation Law Compendium,” February 2014

Author, “Mechanics Liens: What Conduct Constitutes Waiver of a Contractual Right to Arbitrate,” IDC Quarterly, Vol. 20, No 2., Second Quarter 2010